Died 2026-01-11.
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Louis E. Brus
Louis Eugene Brus was an American chemist, and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was the co-discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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science · American chemist (1943–2026) · chemist · physicist · university teacher · also Louis E. Brus, Louis Brus, Louis Edward Brus, Brus
Born 10 August 1943 · Died 11 January 2026 · Q194646
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023).
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Brus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Ekimov and Moungi Bawendi "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots"
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Welch Award in Chemistry (2013).
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2012· 4 entries
Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (2012).
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Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2012).
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Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2012).
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Received the Franklin Institute's Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, and was selected as a Clarivate Citation laureate in Chemistry "for discovery of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots)"
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Willard Gibbs Award (2009).
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Was awarded the Willard Gibbs Award "for his leading role in the creation of chemical quantum dots"
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2008).
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For "their large impact in the development of the nanoscience field of the zero and one dimensional nanostructures in physics, chemistry and biology"
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded R. W. Wood Prize (2006).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
A member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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1996· 1 entry
Brus left Bell Labs and joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University
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1990· 1 entry
That he finally met Alexey Ekimov and Alexander Efros, who had first developed the semiconductor nanocrystals in glass in 1981 under more rudimentary conditions, however their research was not available in the United Sta
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1973· 1 entry
Where he did the work that led to the discovery of quantum dots
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1969· 2 entries
Studied at Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy (1969).
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Brus returned to the Navy as a lieutenant and served as a scientific staff officer in collaboration with Lin Ming-chang, at the United States Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Rice University, Bachelor of Science (1965).
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1961· 1 entry
With a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) college scholarship, which required him to participate in NROTC activities at sea as a midshipman
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-08-10.
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